Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter

Rabbi, Author

1847 – 1905

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Who was Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter?

Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, also known by the title of his main work, the Sfas Emes, was a Hasidic rabbi who succeeded his grandfather, Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Alter, as the av beis din and Rav of Góra Kalwaria, Poland, and succeeded the Rebbe, Reb Heynekh of Alexander, as Rebbe of the Gerrer Hasidim.

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Born
Apr 15, 1847
Warsaw
Children
Religion
  • Judaism
Profession
Died
Jan 11, 1905
Góra Kalwaria
Resting place
Góra Kalwaria

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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